940 LPT Estate - with added vitamins - value?

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Originally Posted by Selby

To be fair it was me that offered £2500. I didn’t realise it was this car. If you’d of put the problems described in this post in the advert I probably wouldn’t have.

I’d go for full disclosure in the advert including all the bad bits. With where you are, you’re going to be possibly having people travelling a long way for the car so it’s better to be honest from the outset.

Yes, agree in part but there's limited space for text. A full description can be discussed over the phone/email prior to anyone travelling.

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Price Drop:
£3100 as it is advertised or £2450 without the Galaxies and Strut Brace.
Have checked the original wheels (set of 4 + 1 steel spare), will require two tyres (195 x 65 x15), two tyres are still good but dated 2015 (Michelin Alpen 5)

1997 940 Estate, LPT but with an MBC and gauge, IDP type underbody chassis brace, strut brace, 960 front ARB, rear twin ARB mod, rear Bilsteins and HD rear springs. Swedish stainless performance exhaust from Cat back.
That's go that out of the way.
The car had travelled 205K miles, the last 60K in my ownership. It is totally reliable and I'd happily jump in now and go anywhere (except it's SORN at the moment). MoT to November 2023. I did two 500 mile round trips over the Christmas week.
Body is pretty much rust free apart from surface rust on the inner area of rear sill on one side. Otherwise all original underseal intact. A couple of small cauliflowers under the paintwork and a few minor scratches in the dark blue metallic paintwork.
5 Galaxy wheels fitted with decent Michelin Crossclimates and 5 original 15" alloys with worn tyres and two steel spares. THe Galaxies have been painted but need refinishing for a show car.
Interior is tidy, no rips or tears, door cards are good, has a Sony radio/CD fitted (optional I can refit the original 906 item).
Windscreen is original, unfortunately has a small chip and a small crack in the bottom corner. It's been there for at least the last 5 years but I don't want to replace the screen as at the moment it doesn't leak and a replacement might.
Tow bar with 7 pin electrics. In my time it has pulled a small race car on a trailer 4 times.
In the last couple of years, I've replaced the radiator and hoses (2022), front discs (2022) and calipers (2021), master cylinder (2020ish) front side lights and regular oil changes etc.
Only faults that I can recall - there's a screech sometimes when driving off from standstill - believed to be spigot bearing, it's not got any worse in my 8 years of ownership. The O/S rear window doesn't go up or down. Doors (central locking) open on a key, no idea where the "blipper" went. Does tend to leak rather than burn a little oil and loses a tiny bit of coolant over the weeks (might be reservoir).

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Decided this needs to go, pointless hanging on to it so £2850 as detailed, or £2200 on original alloys.
Breaking my heart to sell it but breaking my heart to see it standing there too.

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Car now sold, a sad afternoon. Still looked lovely as the pleasant new owner took it way back to Hoole in Chester. Went on it's original alloys so I still have a set of 5 Galaxy wheels for sale.

i walked past it this morning, it still looked totally classy, crisp, sharp edged. I doubt I'll ever get this way about the V70.